B’reshit and Bashert: in our beginning, all kinds of love were sanctified (Parashat B’reshit)

October 16, 2009 | By Amy Soule

The author explores the original creation story, wherein God created humankind in God’s own image, as proof that God created an array of sexual orientations and gender identities. She then explores the stories of Ruth and Naomi and David and Jonathan as examples of gay relationships in Tanach.